The history of Adam and Eve is particularly important in christology, as Christ is referred to as the "new Adam."
Biblical source: Adam and Eve before the Temptation:Genesis 2:25.
The north face may also be interpreted as the Temptation itself: Genesis 3:1-7.
Adam and Eve after the Temptation: Genesis 3:8-24.

Inscribed on the east face: Adam

East View: Adam tries to hide his nudity before God.
Inscribed: ADAM

South View: Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden by an angel.

West View: Adam and Eve toil for their sustenance outside the Garden.

North View: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.


Related capitals:

Old Testament Capitals:
Capital 5: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
Capital 8: David and his musicians
Capital 19: Samson
Capital 48: Daniel in the Lions Den, Habakkuk
Capital 53: 3 Hebrews in the fiery furnace
Capital 57: Abraham sacrifices Isaac
Capital 61: Daniel in the Lion's Den
Capital 67: Anointing of David
Capital 73: Cain and Abel
Capital 76: David and Goliath

Genesis 2:25

25 And the Man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.


Genesis 3:1-7

1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"
2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.' "
4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die.
5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaved together and made themselves aprons.


Genesis 3:8-24

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
10 And he said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because i was naked; and I hid myself."
11 He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you no to eat?"
12 The man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
14 The lord God said to the serpent,
"Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all cattle,
and above all wild animals;
upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel."
16 To the woman he said,
"I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you."
17 And to Adam he said,
"Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,
and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,'
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return."
20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" --
23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.


The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.